Lamentations 4:2

Easy To Read Version

The people of Zion {\cf2\super [26]} were worth a lot.\par They were worth their weight in gold.\par But now the enemy treats those people\par like old clay jars.\par The enemy treats them\par like clay jars made by a potter.\par

Cross References

Isaiah 30:14

You will be like a large clay jar that breaks and becomes many, many small pieces. Those pieces are useless. You can’t use those pieces to get a hot coal from the fire or to get water from a pool in the ground.”

Isaiah 51:18

Jerusalem had many people, but none of those people became leaders for her. None of the children she raised became guides to lead her.

Jeremiah 19:1

The Lord said to me: “Jeremiah, go and buy a clay jar from a potter. {\cf2\super [155]}

Jeremiah 19:11

At that time, say these things: ‘The Lord All-Powerful says, I will break the nation of Judah and the city of Jerusalem just like someone breaking a clay jar! This jar can’t be put back together again. It will be the same for the nation of Judah. The dead people will be buried here in Topheth until there is no more room.

Jeremiah 22:28

Coniah (Jehoiachin) is like a broken pot\par that some person threw away.\par He is like a pot that no person wants.\par Why will Jehoiachin and his children\par be thrown out?\par Why will they be thrown away\par into a foreign land?\par

Lamentations 2:21

Young men and old men\par lie on the ground in the streets\par of the city.\par My young women and young men\par have been killed by the sword.\par You, Lord, killed them on the day\par of your anger!\par You killed them without mercy!\par

Lamentations 5:12

The enemy hanged our princes.\par They didn’t honor our elders.\par

Hosea 8:8

Israel was destroyed.\par \{Its people are scattered among the\} nations\par like some dish that was thrown away\par because no one wanted it.\par

Zechariah 9:13

Judah, I will use you like a bow.\par Ephraim I will use you like arrows.\par Israel, I will use you like a sword\par to fight against the people of Greece.\par

2 Corinthians 4:7

We have this treasure \{from God\}. But we are only like clay jars that hold the treasure. This shows that this great power is from God, not from us.

2 Timothy 2:20

In a large house there are things made of gold and silver. But also there are things made of wood and clay. Some things are used for special purposes. Other things are made for dirty jobs.